The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-06-17
SUMMARY or THE NEWS.
EAST.

charles u. Keep editor OF the wall Street
News, died on Thursday.
Mrs. Bergh. wife Of Henry Bergh. died at
Utica, n. T., after . long illness.
Floods did much damage to railroads and
bridges In the vicinity Of Oberlin and Grafton,
Ohio.
The Black Diamond manufacturing works
at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, were struck BY lightning
on Monday aud destroyed.
wm. A. Wheeler, ex-vice-president, died at
his home in Malone, N. Y, on Saturday morn.
ing. The funeral will take place on TUESDAY,
June 4.
Arthur E. ntmfowcr, treasurer Of the Royal
Arcantum, of Hudson county. New York, is
missing. His accounts are reported to be all
right.
The New Hampshire legislature elected the
following state otliccrs. Secretary Of state,
A. B. Thompson; treasurer of state, Scion A.
Carter.
Richard NJ. Walters sailed for England on
Wednesday. He is the bearer of a tcstimon-
ial to Gladstone from citizens of New York.
The Master Masons' association Of Phila-
delphia resolved to lock out all union stone
cutters until they pledge themselves not to
interfere with n%on-union workmen.
Rev. Henry Van Rensselaer,, q descendant
Of the historic familvof that name, has been
ordained a priest by Archbishop Corrigan aad
will 70 as a missionary among the Indians.
Eight men were instantly killed aud elk
badly injured on Saturday afternoon by the
premature explosion of dynemitc at the
Courbria Iron company's stone quarries.
Some of the injured will die.
Michael Burns, a we'll known liquor dealer
of Augusta, has entered into negotiations
with one of the largest importing firms in
Liverpool for an unlimited supply Of all kinds
of distilled spirits. The United States pro-
tects all persons importing liquors from
foreign countries from prosecution under any
state prohibitory law for selling such goods
I'm original unbroken packages, and dealers
have landed in that city an advance lot of
Irish whisky and Jamaica rum. His store is
now stocked with goods and sales have al
ready been very large. Every lawyer in town
has been engaged in looking up the law bear.
ing upon the sales Of imported liquors in
their original packages.
A Boston dispatch says during a circus per-
Torrance at Neschon, Saturday evening, a
storm arose and a portion of the roof of the
circus structure was blown off. The pendant
lamps hanging from the roof were
broken and the blazing petroleum
poured down upon the heads of the
people below. There were 1000 spectators,
and a fearful panic arose. In the midst Of
the tumult one Of the lightly built walls of
the structure fell in and the whole building
Immediately collapsed. A large number Of
persons were burned and many tramplcd TO
death, and 800 others were more or less ill.,
iurcd.
Editor VIM. O'Brlcn Saturday received q
delegation from Tammany Hall, and was
presented with resolutions expressing indig-
nation at the conduct Of Lord Landowners
followers in Canada, and sympathy with
O'Brien's course. Gen. Bourke Cochrane,
the chairman, made a short address, which
was responded to by O'Brien in words of
deep acknowledgement of the manner in
which the American people had attcstcd their
sympathy for the Irish people. O'Bricn was
besicged with callers at the. Hoffman house
I'm the afternoon. AT night O'Brisn reviewed
a monster paradci In his honor and delivered
an address.
- Robert q. Hall shot and killed Mrs. Lillian
Rivers ut Philadelphia Friday morning. The
couple were living together as man and wife
under the name of Burton. Mrs. Rivers Was
was the wife of james Rivers, an actor known
in the profession as james Reynolds. A re.
malkablc coincidence with the present tray
ejy was the attempt of Rivers to take Mrs.
Rivers life uApril 10 for keeping company
with the man Hall who Friday succeeded in
doing what Rivers had attempted two months
ago. After the shooting of Mrs. Rivers Hall
cut her throat aud cut his own. Hall is a
poet and actor, but has not been very success
full in either Of his professions. Jealousy Is
probably the cause of the crime.
Frederick Hermann, of Pittsburg, Pa, Mon.
day afternoon killed his nineteen months old
daughter, beat his wife fatally and then Gu.
his own throat, scvcring wind pipe and
~iugular vain. Hermann is a Lutheran and
his wife n Catholic, but they never differed on
H'"StN NANh OutAt ASNCutlN9 nuSA INlISs
Hermann determined to have the baby bap-
tized Into her church instead OF the Lutheran.
This WAS lone and the father remained in
Ignorance suntil Sunday. When he went
home Monday he told his wife it was
now the question of the death of one of them.
He started to get "a knife, when Mrs. Hermann
jumped out Of the window. He followed her
aud catching her at a neighbours, beat her In
% inscnsibility with a brick. He tlicn re-
urned to his house and, taking up a razor,
ut the baby's throat, almost scvcr!ng the
head from the body. He then cut his own
throat from car to car.
WEST AND SOUTH.
The prohibitionists of Redfcld have organ.
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